Haiku-Pauwela vs Kula

A side-by-side comparison of Haiku-Pauwela and Kula: population, income, housing, and more.

Haiku-Pauwela and Kula are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Haiku-Pauwela has the higher population (9,290 vs 6,557 in Kula). Haiku-Pauwela has the higher median household income ($99,520 vs $91,476 in Kula). Kula has the higher median home value ($1,117,300 vs $1,019,400 in Haiku-Pauwela).

Population, income & housing

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kula
Population	9,290	6,557
Median age	38.5 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$99,520	$91,476
Median home value	$1,019,400	$1,117,300
Median gross rent	$2,341	$2,208
Housing units	3,690	2,781
Homeownership rate	65.9%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kula
Population	8,987 → 9,290 (+3.4%)	7,621 → 6,557 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$88,093 → $99,520 (+13.0%)	$76,509 → $91,476 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$793,800 → $1,019,400 (+28.4%)	$1,047,100 → $1,117,300 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,912 → $2,341 (+22.4%)	$1,432 → $2,208 (+54.2%)

Haiku-Pauwela

Population

8,9879,290

Median household income

$88,093$99,520

Median home value

$793,800$1,019,400

Median gross rent

$1,912$2,341

Kula

Population

7,6216,557

Median household income

$76,509$91,476

Median home value

$1,047,100$1,117,300

Median gross rent

$1,432$2,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kula
Under 5	7.2%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	2.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	8.5%
35 to 44	18.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	17.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	16.3%
75 and over	4.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kula
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	51.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	8.4%	17.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	5.2%
Some other race	0.0%	4.3%
Two or more races	24.0%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kula
No high school diploma	9.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	22.9%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kula
Drove alone	79.2%	68.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.8%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kula
1-unit, detached	87.2%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kula
Poverty rate	9.4%	12.1%
Average household size	2.75	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1992	1981